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Daniel Paille scores the game-winner to lift the B's, 2-1, over the Blackhawks

Mark Daniels Saturday, June 15, 2013

Credit: Matt West

Boston Bruins center Chris Kelly celebrates the game-winning goal by Daniel Paille, lower right, in an OT victory over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals at United Center on Saturday, June 15, 2013.

CHICAGO – The Bruins will sleep well tonight.

Daniel Paille scored the game-winning goal in overtime to give the Bruins a 2-1 Game 2 victory over the Blackhawks in another Stanley Cup Finals thriller. The B’s head back to the Hub with the series tied, 1-1. Game 3 is set for Monday at 8 p.m.

Paille beat Corey Crawford with a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle, at 15:48.

Chicago outshot the Bruins, 19-4, in the first period. But they only had one goal to show for it with a Patrick Sharp score at 11:22. Tuukka Rask stopped five shots in a row, but Sharp collected a rebound and put a 32-foot wrist shot by the B’s goalie.

Chris Kelly scored his first goal of the postseason and the equalizer at 14:58 of the second. Sharp had the puck behind his own net and Tyler Seguin did a good job to force the turnover. Daniel Paille collected the puck and instantly went to the net. His shot bounced off Crawford’s pad and Kelly knocked in the rebound to the tie the game.

The Bruins outplayed the Blackhawks in the third period, but couldn’t convert. The B’s outshot Chicago, 8-5, and had some quality chances from Brad Marchand and David Krejci but Crawford was up for the challenge.

THIRD PERIOD

Overtime here we come – again.

The Bruins and Blackhawks battled in the third period, but neither team scored and we head into overtime tied, 1-1, in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

The B’s started the third better than they did the first two periods. Brad Marchand put a great bid in for a score – off of a pass from Jaromir Jagr – but was stopped by Corey Crawford at 3:27. David Krejci also had a solid opportunity, at 4:52, but couldn’t put it by the Blackhawks goalie. Tyler Seguin is having one of his best games of the postseason. The B’s forward is playing with a lot of energy.

The ice started to open up in the middle of the period, giving the Blackhawks more opportunities, but Chicago couldn’t convert. The Bruins’ defensemen did a good job of limiting the Blackhawks’ opportunities. Patrick Sharp had a solid shot attempt at 16:27 but Tuukka Rask made another nice glove save.

SECOND PERIOD

Chris Kelly picked a good time to net his first goal of the postseason.

The Bruins center scored at 14:58 to tie the game and give the Bruins some much-needed life. The disparity between shots and puck possession hasn’t been close, but we’re now tied 1-1 heading to the third.

Claude Julien juggled his lines putting Kelly, Tyler Seguin and Daniel Paille together. It paid dividends here. Seguin knocked the puck away from Patrick Sharp behind Chicago’s net. Paille collected the puck and tried for the wraparound, but his shot ricocheted off Corey Crawford’s pads. Kelly drove to the net at the same time to knocked in the rebound.

The Bruins got their first power play of the game at 1:19 when Dave Bolland got sent to the box for tripping. Unfortunately the B’s lackluster play from the first period carried over to their first power play. They were inefficient, had trouble setting up anything and only attempted one shot on net.

The pace settled down from the first, but the Blackhawks – who are outshooting the B’s 23-12 - still dominated puck possession.

Chicago got a power play at 8:15 when Johnny Boychuk got whistled for holding. Rich Peverley had a bad turnover in the defensive zone, but the Bruins didn’t allow a shot on net and were able to kill the penalty. The Blackhawks got another power play at 17:11 when Dennis Seidenberg got sent to the box for tripping. The B’s penalty kill was outstanding, not allowing a shot on net.

After killing the penalty, the Bruins got another power play of their own as Johnny Oduya got whistled for tripping at 19:14. The B’s got two shots on net before the period ended. They’ll have 1:14 left of their power play to start the third.

FIRST PERIOD

The Blackhawks have come out firing in tonight’s Game 2 and have an early 1-0 lead to show for it.

Patrick Sharp netted the first goal of the game after a crazy scrum in front of the Bruins’ net. Tuukka Rask has been solid but Chicago’s bringing it tonight. Before the goal, Rask stopped five shots in a row but the fifth bounced out to Sharp, who kept the puck for a moment. Then, from 32-feet, the right winger sent a wrist shot in past Rask at 11:22.

The Bruins caught a break a few moments later when a Jonathan Toews score got reviewed and deemed no goal.

The Bruins had trouble staying in the offensive zone to start the game and it remained that way throughout the first period. The Blackhawks controlled the majority of the action, but Rask looked solid early. The B’s goalie made a beautiful glove save on Nick Leddy at 6:09.

Chicago got the first power play of the game at 6:51 when Andrew Ference got penalized for tripping. The Blackhawks threatened, but came up empty. Rask highlighted the penalty kill with a nice save on Sharp.

His counterpart, Corey Crawford, wasn't nearly as tested. The Blackhawks outshot the Bruins, 19-4. The B’s had one solid scoring opportunity, but Crawford made a great glove save on Jaromir Jagr at 9:12.

Considering how much they got outplayed, the Bruins are lucky to be only down 1-0.

PREGAME

The B’s top line remains intact with Nathan Horton back in the lineup for tonight’s Game 2 of Stanley Cup Finals.

Horton dislocated his shoulder during the first overtime period of Wednesday’s Game 1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. He practiced this morning at the United Center and was on the ice during the B’s pregame warmups.

When Horton went down Tyler Seguin was inserted into the Bruins’ first line, alongside David Krejci and Milan Lucic. Jaromir Jagr was missing from this morning’s practice. Seguin skated in his place next to Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand. Pregame, Jagr was back on the ice with the second line and Seguin was back with the third line. Defensive pairings were also the same.

The Blackhawks had the same lines and defensive pairings, in warmups, as they did in Game 1.